Patents by Inventor Yusuke Moriyama

Yusuke Moriyama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200003874
    Abstract: There is provided a light receiving device including: a pixel including a first tap configured to detect a charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit, and a second tap configured to detect a charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit; a first comparison circuit configured to compare a first detection signal detected by the first tap and a reference signal; a second comparison circuit configured to compare a second detection signal detected by the second tap and the reference signal; a first zero reset signal generation circuit configured to generate a first zero reset signal that is supplied to the first comparison circuit when the first comparison circuit performs an auto zero operation; and a second zero reset signal generation circuit configured to generate a second zero reset signal that is supplied to the second comparison circuit when the second comparison circuit performs an auto zero operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20190353754
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a distance measurement device and a distance measurement method that can easily suppress interference. A first frame being a period that a distance to a target object is calculated includes a plurality of subframes being periods that irradiation light is emitted, and the emission of the irradiation light is controlled so that timing of head subframes differs between a first frame and a second frame following the first frame, and intervals between the subframes become constant during the period of the first frame. The present technology can be applied to a case where distance measurement for measuring a distance is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhide Namba, Yusuke Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20190288029
    Abstract: To prevent a decline in image quality by reducing a fluctuation in an image signal that is based on a fluctuation in a voltage of a negative voltage power source. An image signal output unit is controlled in accordance with a first control signal indicating either voltage state of an on voltage for causing a conductive state and an off voltage having a polarity different from that of the on voltage, and outputs an analog image signal corresponding to the electric charge held by an electric charge holding unit in the conductive state. A reset unit is controlled in accordance with a second control signal indicating either voltage state of the on voltage and the off voltage, resets the electric charge holding unit in the conductive state, transmits a fluctuation in the off voltage to the electric charge holding unit, and fluctuates the analog image signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: TATSUKI NISHINO, YOSUKE UENO, YUSUKE MORIYAMA, SHIZUNORI MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10237502
    Abstract: To reduce fluctuations in image signals when the voltage of a negative power supply supplied to pixels changes. A pixel operates based on a first ground potential applied to a first ground line and outputs an analog image signal according to emitted light. An analog-digital converter operates based on a second ground potential applied to a second ground line, the second ground potential higher than the first ground potential, and converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal based on a reference voltage as a standard for the conversion. A reference voltage generation unit operates based on the second ground potential and generates the reference voltage. A reference voltage correction unit corrects the reference voltage generated according to a change in the first ground potential and supplies the reference voltage to the analog-digital converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuki Nishino, Yosuke Ueno, Yusuke Ikeda, Yusuke Moriyama, Shizunori Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190068902
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an image pickup element and an electronic apparatus which enable a higher-quality image to be obtained. An image pickup element includes an input sense portion configured to produce a noise correction signal for correcting a noise generated in a predetermined power source. The input sense portion includes a first transistor and a second transistor configuring a current mirror circuit, a switch provided between a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor, and a capacitive element one electrode of which is connected between the switch and the gate of the second transistor on an output side of the current mirror circuit, and the other electrode of which is connected to the predetermined power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuki NISHINO, Yosuke UENO, Yusuke MORIYAMA, Shizunori MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10194107
    Abstract: To reduce fluctuations in image signals when the voltage of a negative power supply supplied to pixels changes. A pixel operates based on a first ground potential applied to a first ground line and outputs an analog image signal according to emitted light. An analog-digital converter operates based on a second ground potential applied to a second ground line, the second ground potential higher than the first ground potential, and converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal based on a reference voltage as a standard for the conversion. A reference voltage generation unit operates based on the second ground potential and generates the reference voltage. A reference voltage correction unit corrects the reference voltage generated according to a change in the first ground potential and supplies the reference voltage to the analog-digital converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuki Nishino, Yosuke Ueno, Yusuke Ikeda, Yusuke Moriyama, Shizunori Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180103223
    Abstract: To reduce fluctuations in image signals when the voltage of a negative power supply supplied to pixels changes. A pixel operates based on a first ground potential applied to a first ground line and outputs an analog image signal according to emitted light. An analog-digital converter operates based on a second ground potential applied to a second ground line, the second ground potential higher than the first ground potential, and converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal based on a reference voltage as a standard for the conversion. A reference voltage generation unit operates based on the second ground potential and generates the reference voltage. A reference voltage correction unit corrects the reference voltage generated according to a change in the first ground potential and supplies the reference voltage to the analog-digital converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuki NISHINO, Yosuke UENO, Yusuke IKEDA, Yusuke MORIYAMA, Shizunori MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180084211
    Abstract: To reduce fluctuations in image signals when the voltage of a negative power supply supplied to pixels changes. A pixel operates based on a first ground potential applied to a first ground line and outputs an analog image signal according to emitted light. An analog-digital converter operates based on a second ground potential applied to a second ground line, the second ground potential higher than the first ground potential, and converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal based on a reference voltage as a standard for the conversion. A reference voltage generation unit operates based on the second ground potential and generates the reference voltage. A reference voltage correction unit corrects the reference voltage generated according to a change in the first ground potential and supplies the reference voltage to the analog-digital converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuki NISHINO, Yosuke UENO, Yusuke IKEDA, Yusuke MORIYAMA, Shizunori MATSUMOTO
  • Patent number: 9046172
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic transmission control apparatus which comprises a first temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of hydraulic oil stored in an automatic transmission; an automatic transmission control device installed in a same casing as that in which the hydraulic oil is stored; a second temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of the automatic transmission control device; and a malfunction determination section for comparing the temperature of the automatic transmission control device detected by the second temperature detection device with the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the first temperature detection device to determine whether or not a malfunction occurs in the first temperature detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Mitani, Keiichiro Sueshige, Yasuo Shigenaka, Daisuke Shishido, Yusuke Moriyama, Kenji Sawa
  • Publication number: 20140092285
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device and method of driving a pixel array section are described herein. By way of example, the solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section including a sharing pixel block, the sharing pixel block including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion region, and each of the plurality of pixels of the sharing pixel block sharing a floating diffusion region, and a driver section configured to drive the pixel array section such that electric charges accumulated in one or more but less than all of the photoelectric conversion regions of the sharing pixel block undergo pixel addition and are read out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Moriyama, Tomohiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130275016
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic transmission control apparatus which comprises a first temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of hydraulic oil stored in an automatic transmission; an automatic transmission control device installed in a same casing as that in which the hydraulic oil is stored; a second temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of the automatic transmission control device; and a malfunction determination section for comparing the temperature of the automatic transmission control device detected by the second temperature detection device with the temperature of the hydraulic oil detected by the first temperature detection device to determine whether or not a malfunction occurs in the first temperature detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Mitani, Keiichiro Sueshige, Yasuo Shigenaka, Daisuke Shishido, Yusuke Moriyama, Kenji Sawa